before the curtain falls to follow her. Principal roles and notable performers Musical numbers Act I "You Mustn't Kick It Around" – Joey Evans, Gladys Bumps, Agnes, The Kid, Chorus Girls and Waiters "I Could Write a Book" – Joey and Linda English "Chicago" – Dancer and Chorus Girls "That Terrific Rainbow" – Gladys, Victor and Girls "What is a Man?" – Vera Simpson "Happy Hunting Horn" – Joey, Terry, Chorus Girls and Boy Friends "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" – Vera Simpson "Pal Joey (What Do I Care For A Dame?)" – Joey Act II "The Flower Garden of My Heart" – Gladys, The Tenor, Specialty Dancer and Ensemble "Zip" † – Melba Snyder "Plant You Now, Dig You Later" – Ludlow Lowell, Gladys and Ensemble "In Our Little Den (of Iniquity)" – Vera and Joey "Do It The Hard Way" – Ludlow, Gladys, Dancer and Ensemble "I Still Believe In You" † – Linda "Take Him" – Vera, Linda and Joey "Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered" (Reprise) – Vera "I Still Believe In You" (Reprise) † – Linda "I'm Talkin' to My Pal" † – Joey "I Could Write A Book" (Reprise) – Joey † 2008 revival: "Zip" is sung by Gladys; cut songs restored; Linda's reprise added Productions Original Broadway production Pal Joey premiered on Broadway on December 25, 1940, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and ran for 374 performances. Directed by George Abbott with choreography by Robert Alton, the opening-night cast included Gene Kelly as Joey, Vivienne Segal as Vera, and June Havoc as Gladys. Van Johnson and Stanley Donen were also in the cast. 1952 Broadway revival Pal Joey achieved wider acclaim in the decades after its initial production. Throughout much of the 1940s, the songs from Pal Joey were banned from radio play by ASCAP, preventing them from becoming popular standards; the ban was lifted in the late 1940s. In 1950, the song "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" became popular and was recorded by various bands and pop singers, including Mel Torme, Doris Day, and Gordon Jenkins and The Harmonicats. Prompted by the song's success, Goddard Lieberson, the producer of Columbia Records, decided to produce a studio cast album of Pal Joey featuring Harold Lang as Joey and Vivienne Segal reprising her role as Vera. Because of the popularity of that recording, composer-producer Jule Styne produced the 1952 revival, in which Lang and Segal starred. The 1952 revival